I put my station back together after a year hiatus and tuned around a bit. With the WPX contest going on I wandered around the CW portions of the bands, made a few contacts to make sure everything was working fine (it is) and then I went to the bottom of 10 M and was greeted with LOTS and LOTS of AM in what I am assuming is Spanish. The cycle being what it is, it has been awhile since I listened there. Is this a new thing, or am I just now becoming aware of something that has been going on for a while?

They've been around for at least a couple of years that I know of; I've heard it said that some of them are South American taxi companies and other businesses who need radio communications. I don't find them much bother, myself. They're a nuisance, but there's still plenty of fun down there around 28005. :-) But we shouldn't talk about how much fun 10m CW can be, or we'll start getting a lot of competition for the DX there.

Was thinking that myself,and they are all over 12mtrs also,was on today and listened with my ft450d from 24mhz to 29mhz and the muppets where all over.And they run alot from 200z till 2100z on 28385 and 28395am...its the export cbs,73 de n0zna late note,the sound effexts and echo and roger beeps are horrible.

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